small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
meal; Emperor's meal; meal of a noble; high-quality (of a food or drink); premium
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono; sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners); wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to chase; to run after; to pursue
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
only; merely; but; no more than
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
your husband; her husband
that; the matter in question
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
loud voice; high-pitched voice
kindling; small bits of scrap wood used to fuel a stove
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to speak; to say; to vocalize
to let out a cry; to shout
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
to set (sun); to become dark